Waller, John,  1972- <br/><br/>
Einstein's luck :  the truth behind some of the greatest scientific discoveries / 
John Waller. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  2002. 
 - xi, 308 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-301) and index. 
<br/><br/>The pasteurization of spontaneous generation -- 'The battle over the electron' -- The eclipse of Isaac Newton: Arthur Eddington's 'proof' of general relativity -- Very unscientific management -- The Hawthorne studies: finding what you are looking for -- Myth in the time of cholera -- 'The Priest who held the key': Gregor Mendel and the ratios of fact and fiction -- Was Joseph Lister Mr Clean? -- The Origin of Species by means of use-inheritance -- 'A is for ape, B is for Bible': science, religion, and melodrama -- Painting yourself into a comer: Charles Best and the discovery of insulin -- Alexander Fleming's dirty dishes -- 'A decoy of Satan'. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0198607199 (acid-free paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002033326 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA2-T7889 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Science--History.<br/>Discoveries in science.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Q125  / .W266 2002